Should I expect eggs or meat?

[NewToTheFlock]

Can anyone tell what kind of chick this is? 5 were added to my order of Silver Sebrights for warmth. My guess would be a Red Broiler.

 

[Kelsie2290]

X2, some sort of production red, maybe RIR roos as dark as it is, if you know what hatchery they came from you may be able to figure it out.

 

[AtlantisPeeps]

It's a little too dark to be a red broiler... Looks like a Rhode Island red to me.

 

[NewToTheFlock]

They were from Ideal Poultry. Almost 4 weeks old. Would rather have the eggs. Not too much into the butchering thing. That being said, I really hope they are hens.

 

[popsicle]

If they came as extra chicks for warmth, they are probably production red cockerels. Broilers and pullets are usually too valuable to give away.

 

[Wyandottes7]

Production Reds.

 

[BantamLover21]

Production Red. If it is a pullet (most extra chicks are cockerels), expect lots of large brown eggs!

 

[NewToTheFlock]

I got 5 so maybe I'll get lucky with one of them. I was already expecting to have to get the boiling pot out for them. It wouldn't hurt to add a hen to my Brown Leghorn and Dominique flock though.